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Something for the weekend: Aimee Mann “Rainy Days and Mondays”

November 14, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader as we head down to a little village called Parwich for a little sojourn in atrocious driving conditions, we will be listening to this week’s edition […]
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Album Reviews

Charles Wesley Godwin “Live From The Steel City”

November 14, 2025 Andy Davidson 1
A Pittsburgh gathering of like-minded kin elevated by Godwin’s incredible voice. Over the years, West Virginian Charles Wesley Godwin has built up a reputation for delivering excellent live shows. He’s supported artists such as Luke Combs […]
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Classic Clips: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires “Nail My Feet Down” – Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions, 2017

November 14, 2025 Andrew Raw 0
Strap yourselves in for this one- it’s a fabulous clip of high-octane left-wing southern rockers Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires on absolutely top form. Frontman Lee Bains begins with a “rap” about the song, […]
Alice Howe & Freebo, live at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey - 7th November 2025
Live Reviews

Live Review: Alice Howe and Freebo, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 7th November 2025

November 14, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
With the clocks now moved to winter time, the journey from my home in Lincoln to the county’s premier americana music venue, the Town Hall at Kirton in Lindsey, was made under the blanket of night, […]
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Bill Callahan announces new album “My Days Of 58”

November 14, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
“My Days of 58” is the title of the new album from Bill Callahan, due 27th February 2026 via Drag City. “My Days of 58” applies the energies of Callahan’s live shows to the studio process, […]

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”

July 10, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and […]
Book Reviews

Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”

July 10, 2026 0
Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark […]
Emmylou Harris, Mumford and Sons and Jerry Douglas
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Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012

July 10, 2026 0
The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During […]

  • Something for the weekend: Keyside “Cocodamol”
  • Book review: Willy Vlautin “The Left and the Lucky”
  • Classic Clips: Mumford & Sons & Emmylou Harris ft. Jerry Douglas “The Road” – CMT Crossroads, The Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, 20th September 2012
  • Les Thomas “I Remember Everything”
  • Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring author and journalist Liz Thomson
  • Ellie Holcomb “What Would I Do Without You” – watcha say?
  • Video: Chris Pierce “Madonna Of The San Joaquin” – the hypocrisy of sanctimony
  • Essentials: Americana Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2026
  • The Proclaimers announce an ‘offensive’ new album and more tour dates
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]
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Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0
It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

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Tom Heyman offers up an elegiac slice of San Francisco life in the video for ‘24th Street Blues’. The video is for the title track of Heyman’s latest album.   The video features still photographs of San […]
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Interview: Karen Jonas on Elvis and the perils of pink flamingos

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Ahead of her UK tour Karen Jonas talks about her latest album. A decade ago Karen Jonas released her debut album, “Oklahoma Lottery”. Since then the Fredericksburg, Virginia-based Jonas has been quite prolific, releasing six albums, […]
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